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Hawcoat Forum Area

Forum Area Map

Barrow-in-Furness District Map

Barrow-in-Furness Community Unit

Community Activity

County Councillors and officers work in partnership with a number of agencies and residents groups including Police, Highways, Barrow Borough Council.

At recent forums it had become evident that residents are concerned with a number of issues in the area such as parking, traffic speeds, street lighting. The Forum is working in partnership with the Police to tackle the issue of traffic speeding.

Forum Meetings

This Forum holds and issue-based meetings for both residents and partners/agencies. If there is no Forum meeting forthcoming, and an issue needs to be addressed urgently a Forum will be arranged to respond to such issue(s).

The Local Committee Public Participation Slot from 10.00-10.45 allows residents to gather informally over refreshments to raise issues with the local County Councillors.

Forum Area

Estimated population for the ward is 5,295 which is 1.1% of Cumbria's total population. There is a higher percentage of 45 - 59 year olds in this area.

The ward has a population density of 11.6 persons per hectare which places this ward in the `urban' category.

This area is the more affluent part of the town with nearly 100% of the 2,274 households owned outright or in the process of being bought. There is no Local Authority housing in this ward.